Now That Congress Is in Recess

The month of August is here, that means that Congress is in recess for the month; and everyone is back in their home state.

Now is the time to call the local office, closest to you, of your elected official. Ask for a meeting with said official. A chance to look them in the eye and present your case. Get your facts together first, then

put it on the table. 

Be polite, courteous and smile. Then discuss Veterans issues...VA problems, maybe your experience with VA; other general concerns about our Armed Forces and Veterans, our US Military and the budget crisis.

Then....ask your Representative to cosponsor H.R. 2067 The Cold War Service Medal Act of 2015 and be sure to vote for passage when it reaches the floor for a vote.

Ask BOTH of your Senators to introduce an identical bill in the Senate. We need it on both sides to gain any traction. It is too late to have it included in the NDAA, so stand alone bills from the House and the Senate have to happen.

If anyone seems a little wishy-washy about it ASK THEM WHY NOT. 

Also ask for an investigation into the USS LIberty and the coverup. There has never been an official Congressional investigation into the murder of 34 Americans and wounding of another 174. 

An attack by the IDF (Israel Defense Force) on a clearly marked American

ship; practically unarmed,  with the purpose of killing all onboard and sinking the ship.

We as Cold War Veterans have been waiting since 1991 for recognition, it is time. The USS Liberty 

Veterans have been waiting since 1967 to get the truth, to finally know the why and the who.

DoD did have a very quick and brief investigation and called it a case of "mistaken identity."

The huge America Flag flying from the mast, and the big hull numbers on the side meant 

nothing to those who attacked the Liberty.

Write the letters, send the faxes, send the emails, make the phone calls, make the visits;  do it often.

Remember that you can visit or call the local office anytime. You can call the DC office and

ask to speak to their Veterans/Military aide and tell them what you want them to know.

---- Jerald Terwilliger Chairman Emeritus American Cold War Veterans "We Remember" ---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996

American Cold War Veterans Convention with USS Liberty Veterans

Update: See changes made in RED

There will be a $25.00 charge for the lunch on Saturday that follows the
membership meeting. 

We have made some changes this year for our Annual Meeting and Commemoration. This 

year it will be  held June 6-8 in Washington, DC

 We will lay a wreath at the Victims of Communism Memorial in honor of all those who suffered and 

died during the long struggle under the Communist regime.

We will also be joining with the USS Liberty Veterans Association in their 

Memorial Service for those lost during the attack on the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967.

American Cold War Veterans Annual Meeting and Commemoration-06-08 June 2014

USS Liberty Veterans Association Commemoration

Business meetings, luncheon and address to be held at the Rosslyn Holiday Inn, 

1900 Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

A special room rate of $89.00 is available to conferees. For those who wish to arrive

 early the room rate has been extended

it is now available from June 5 thru June 8 (with checkout June 9 at 12PM)

Please contact the hotel direct at (703) 807-2000 for reservations.  Mention that you 

are with the American Cold War Veterans

 If asked the block code is ACW

The hotel contact Ms. Melanie Smith may be reached by e-mail at 

Melanie.Smith@HIRosslyn.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, June 06, 2014

9:00 am-12:00 pm 12:00 pm-1:00 pm 1:30 pm-2:00 pm 3:00 pm-7:00 pm 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Congressional Visits Lunch-Dubliner Wreath-Laying: Victims of Communism Memorial Registration and Check-In at Holiday Inn Rosslyn Dinner (on your own) Hospitality

Saturday, June 07, 2014

7:30 am to 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am to 10:00 am	Opening of ACWV Business Meeting
10:00 am to 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am to 12:00 pm	ACWV Business Meeting Continues
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch-Speaker (tentative): Marion Smith, Executive Dir. Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm	Transit to Arlington Cemetery Cold War Commemoration;  USS Liberty Commemoration
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm	Arlington Cemetery Cold War Commemoration;  USS Liberty Commemoration
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm	Transit to Holiday Inn Rosslyn
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm	Informal Social Hour Followed by Dinner-TBD

Sunday, June 08, 2014

7:30 am to 9:30 am	Breakfast and Religious Observance
9:30 am to 10:15 am	Transit to US Navy Memorial
10:00 am to 10:30 am	Break
11:30 am to 12:30 pm	Commemoration of the USS Liberty and Wreath-Laying- U.S. Navy Memorial
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	Check Out-Holiday Inn Rosslyn
	EVENT COORDINATOR: CH (COL) Charles H. Nalls,  cnalls@canonlaw.org; 202-262-5519

We hope to see you there. If you plan to attend please advise Fr. Charles Nalls cnalls@cannonlaw.org, Frank Tims ftims@aol.com, Al Lepine

ajlepine@roadrunner.com or myself Jerry Terwilliger jerterw@hotmail.com

--- Jerald Terwilliger Chairman American Cold War Veterans "We Remember" ---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996

American Cold War Veterans/USS Liberty Association Annual Meeting

We have made some changes this year for our Annual Meeting and Commemoration. This year it will be held June 6-8

We will also be joining with the USS Liberty Veterans Association in their Memorial Service for those lost during the

attack on June 8, 1967. We will also lay a wreath at the Victims of Communism Memorial.

American Cold War Veterans Annual Meeting and Commemoration-06-08 June 2014

USS Liberty Veterans Association Commemoration

Business meetings, luncheon and address to be held at the Rosslyn Holiday Inn, 1900 Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

A special room rate of $89.00 is available to conferees. 

Please contact the hotel direct at (703) 807-2000 for reservations.  Mention that you are with the American Cold 

War Veterans

The hotel contact Ms. Melanie Smith may be reached by e-mail at Melanie.Smith@HIRosslyn.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, June 06, 2014

9:00 am-12:00 pm 12:00 pm-1:00 pm 1:30 pm-2:00 pm 3:00 pm-7:00 pm 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Congressional Visits Lunch-Dubliner Wreath-Laying: Victims of Communism Memorial Registration and Check-In at Holiday Inn Rosslyn Dinner (on your own) Hospitality

Saturday, June 07, 2014

7:30 am to 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am to 10:00 am	Opening of ACWV Business Meeting
10:00 am to 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am to 12:00 pm	ACWV Business Meeting Continues
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch-Speaker (tentative): Dr. Lee Edwards, Chairman, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm	Transit to Arlington Cemetery Cold War Commemoration; USS Liberty Commemoration
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm	Arlington Cemetery Cold War Commemoration; USS Liberty Commemoration
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm	Transit to Holiday Inn Rosslyn
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm	Informal Social Hour Followed by Dinner-TBD

Sunday, March 09, 2014

7:30 am to 9:30 am	Breakfast and Religious Observance
9:30 am to 10:15 am	Transit to US Navy Memorial
10:00 am to 10:30 am	Break
11:30 am to 12:30 pm	Commemoration of the USS Liberty and Wreath-Laying-U.S. Navy Memorial
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	Check Out-Holiday Inn Rosslyn
	EVENT COORDINATOR: CH (COL) Charles H. Nalls, cnalls@canonlaw.org; 202-262-5519

We hope to see you there. If you plan to attend please advise Fr. Charles Nalls cnalls@cannonlaw.org, Frank Tims ftims@aol.com, Al Lepine

ajlepine@roadrunner.com or myself Jerry Terwilliger jerterw@hotmal.com

---- Jerald Terwilliger Chairman American Cold War Veterans "We Remember" ---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996

USS Liberty-Listen to two survivors

Subject: Community Call Update: The Patriot Dames Radio Show

You have been invited by SubieSisters to join a live Community Call. The Patriot Dames Radio Show (Join in)  Host: SubieSisters - subiesisters@thepatriotdames.net  Episode: EPISODE141 - Phillip Tourney and Ron Kukal  Phillip and Ron, two crew members of the USS Liberty, will be on tonight. Phil will talk about his recent book 'What I Saw That Day' and other matters related to Israel and the United States.  Call ID: 20064  Personal Message from the Host: Do you think you know most everything about the USS Liberty? After reading 'What I saw that Day,' I guarantee that you do not. You cannot imagine what happened to the Liberty Crew members for decades after June 8, 1967.....and still today.....so that the Liberty Investigation never takes place. Israel is NOT our friend, nor are they friends to any other nation. PLEASE SEND THIS INTERVIEW ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL AMERICANS YOU KNOW. Scheduled Time:  Date: Thu, January 27, 2011  Time: 08:00 PM EST  How to participate:  Call in: Dial: (724) 444-7444 Enter: 20064 # (Call ID) Enter: 1 # or your PIN Join from your computer: Click here to join the call or just listen along (Optional) Become a TalkShoe member Facebook user? You can join this Call directly through the TalkShoe Community Calling Facebook application.  Listen to the Recording:  If you missed this event or want to hear previous recorded episodes click here.

---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996

USS Liberty Radio Hits the Airwaves

Phil Tourney, past president of the USS Liberty Veterans Association is the author of a book
on his perception of what happened that tragic day of June 8, 1967.

His book "What I Saw That Day Israel's June 8, 1967 Holocaust of US Serviceman Aboard the USS Liberty and its Aftermath." tells the story from a survivor's viewpoint.

Phil believe that to understand why the world is going down in flames today and the interminable
bankrupting wars in the middle east need to know history before they can understand the present.
The first thing that needs explaining is Israel's 2 hour attack, a deliberate and prolonged attack, 
against the American Naval ship USS Liberty.

Phil is proud to announce his very own radio show, he will interview people and personalities with
a unique and invaluable perspective pertaining to U.S. involvement in the dirty business of Isreal's
wars in the middle east and where it is all going for the land of the free and the brave.

Tourney says "The key to bringing liberty back to the people of America and to the world at large
is the USS Liberty story."

If you follow this link to Veterans Today  USS Liberty Hits the Airwaves you will be able to hear
his first broadcast.

For every freedom believing American this is a must. The truth must be told about this senseless
and horrific attack on an American Navy Vessel that has never been fully explained. And there was
never any retaliation, the U.S. accepted the Israel claim that "it was a mistake", and they did not
know it was an American ship.

This blatant attack took the lives of 34 men and wounded 170 and severely damaged the ship. For this
gross and unjustified murder of American sailors Israel paid a grand total of $3,323,500 as full
payment to the families of the 34 men killed in the attack. In March of 1969 Israel paid $3,566,457
as compensation to those who were injured.

On December 18, 1980 Israel agreed to pay $6 million dollars as settlement of the U.S. claim of
$7,644,146 for damage to the USS Liberty itself.

On December 17, 1987 the issue was officially closed by both governments.

Is this fair? Is this just? Should we just forget what happened? NO, NEVER, the truth must be
told.

Jerald Terwilliger
National Chairman
American Cold War Veterans
"We Remember"

---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996

Lets Make The USS Liberty A Household Word

Jim Conit Jr. is running for the 8th Congressional District in Ohio. He wants a complete investigation into the USS Liberty Attack.

He is running radio ads and wants to spread the word across the country about the massacre of American Sailors. He wants the truth to be told.

Finally someone is standing up for the crew of the USS Liberty and what happened and why.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/10/20/jim-condit-jr-help-me-make-the-attack-on-the-uss-liberty-a-household-word/

---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996

GORDON DUFF: THE GRUDGE, AN INVERTED HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND AMERICA

Perhaps this is what really happened. This is much different than what has been printed in the past. This should open some eyes.

GORDON DUFF: THE GRUDGE, AN INVERTED HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND AMERICA

Jerald Terwilliger
National Chairman
American Cold War Veterans
"We Remember"

----------------"And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades."-- Robert M. Gates, 1996

Will the Truth Ever Be Told II Israeli Submarine Dakar

It seems that the U.S. Air Force and Navy started to change their relations with Israel in early June 1967. Author Stephen Green in a 1984 book, "Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations With A Militant Israel", said that the USS Liberty was attacked because the ship had discovered a secret U.S. Air Force operation during the Six Day War, located in the Negev Desert. This was the location of a secret Israeli nuclear weapons facility at Dimona. Is there a possible link between this early co-operation and links to
the recent breakdown of proper handling of nuclear weapons at Air Force bases in Minot, North Dakota; Barksdale, Louisiana; F. E. Warren located in Wyoming?

In November 1991 Rowland Evans and Robert Novak reported that the Israeli's knew the Liberty was an American ship when they attacked it. Former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon confirmed the Evans-Novak report. On July 18, 1967 Clifford Clark the chairman of the Presidents Foreign Intelligence Board said "the unprovoked attack constituted a flagrant act of gross negligence for which the Israel Government should be held accountable and the Israeli military personnel involved should
be punished."

But was there payback? In November 1967 Israel announced that their fourth submarine INS Dakar
had been commissioned. The Dakar had been purchased in 1964 in used condition from the British Navy.

January 26, 1968 the British, not Israeli Naval Headquarters reported the submarine was missing some 100 miles from Cyprus. The Israeli government for the most part kept it a state secret, and would not admit the submarine was missing.

The British destroyer Diana and the USS Turner were deployed to the last known position of the Dakar, carrying decompression equipment in the search for any survivors.

Israel denied that the submarine was sunk by any "hostile action." But if it was possibly a retaliatory strike by the U.S. Navy (maybe aided by Britain) would not be considered hostile action, but revenge for the attack on the USS Liberty.

Reports from Cyprus that signal on the same frequency used by the Dakar's radio buoy might have been a distress call search planes and ships could not find the buoy. There were reports  of debris, oil slicks and floating drums, but these reports quickly stopped.

On February 4, 1968 Israel stopped the search for the Dakar. They claimed that Dakar had been conducting crash dive exercises and probably was lost due to mechanical failure. On April 25, 1968 the commander of the Israeli Navy stated that Dakar sank from human or technical failure, and said there was no evidence of "foul play".

On January 1, 1970 Egypt reported that Dakar had been sunk by depth charges from an Egyptian navy ship. Israel said that report was "utter nonsense" and there was nothing to indicate that was what happened. Israel then changed the date of the sinking to January 25, 1968, the third time the date was
changed.

In August of 1968 the New York Times said that the U.S. Navy was going to conduct a search in Egyptian waters, close to where the USS Liberty was attacked in 1967. P-3 Orion and carrier based
S-3 ASW aircraft were used to no avail. Israel used a salvage vessel 3 times looking for Dakar, and came up empty.

Then in 1997 Israel pulled a book called "Dakar" from the shelves, written by former Israeli Navy Captain Michael Eldar. His book revealed that the search for Dakar was never serious. One has to wonder if this is true, then why was a search only done halfheartedly?

Finally in May 1999, a U.S.-Israeli team found the Dakar in 9500 feet of water between Cyprus and Crete. The bow of the submarine was intact, the middle part showed extensive damage, the aft portion had been completely broken off. One report stated that it had been hit by an acoustic homing air-dropped torpedo.

What really happened to Dakar?

---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996